101 quotes by Aristotle

“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.” — Aristotle

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“Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.” — Aristotle

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“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.” — Aristotle

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“Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.” — Aristotle

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“Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.” — Aristotle

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“Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.” — Aristotle

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“He who hath many friends hath none.” — Aristotle

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“The secret to humor is surprise.” — Aristotle

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“Wit is educated insolence.” — Aristotle

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“All men by nature desire knowledge.” — Aristotle

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“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” — Aristotle

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“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.” — Aristotle

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“Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.” — Aristotle

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“I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.” — Aristotle

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“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.” — Aristotle

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“Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.” — Aristotle

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“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.” — Aristotle

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“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.” — Aristotle

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“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.” — Aristotle

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“It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.” — Aristotle

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“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” — Aristotle

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“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” — Aristotle

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“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” — Aristotle

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“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.” — Aristotle

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“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.” — Aristotle

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